This isn't in ../script because Forth is only a "scripting language"  on
non-Forth hardware, and because even as a scripting language Forth's
performance is unusually good. Forth's generality is also excellent. As of
this writing, though, the Forths I'm aware of lack access to some unix
syscalls. GForth and the ANSI standard do have catch and throw for
exceptions, and various file maintenance words, but I don't know about
other stuff like permissions, groups, forking, threads, sockets, and other
POSIXy stuff. If your project wants lots of unix system facilities, use C,
or get Perl. If you want the best ratio of development speed to
performance, and you want the flexibility of an interpreter with high
performance, and your project doesn't need intimate knowledge of unix, use
Forth. I also suggest one learn Forth after gaining some ability with C
simply because Forth is so different, and prevents one from thinking C is
the definition of what a programming language is, which is a very limiting
thing to think.

